INSIDE THE MAGAZINE: Andrea Bowers at the Hammer Museum "Andrea Bowers’ art embodies a multitude of timely issues. For decades she has amplified causes from human rights to protecting the environment. Activist chants ring throughout her work: as colorful, neon-lit slogans; as huge drawings made of black marker on collaged cardboard inspired by vintage agitprop; as signs held by demonstrators who are singled out from a crowd and drawn small on large paper, encouraging us to see the individual behind the collective; as silence, embodied in a sculpture made with shredded wood from a clearcut forest, gathered after the protests failed. Bowers’ art speaks both subtly and loudly. Subtle, in the ways she communicates through activism, as an observer. Loud, because through her practice, she hands over the proverbial megaphone to those who are outspoken. This is evident in videos she makes about activists she admires, like forest defender John Quigley, whose tree-occupying tactics convinced Bowers to join in; and Indigenous rights activist Tokata Iron Eyes, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, whose youth and ebullience belie a determination to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. One understands how personalities shape movements." Read the full review by Anne Martens through the link in our bio and highlights. Images: 1. Andrea Bowers, My name means future, 2020 (still). Courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. 2. Andrea Bowers, Trans Liberation: Beauty in the Street (Johanna Wallace) (in collaboration with Ada Tinnell), 2016. Courtesy of the artists and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. @radicalhospitality @hammer_museum @andrewkrepsgallery #artillery #artillerymagazine #contemporary art #feministart #roevwade #artreviews